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KAURI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("kauri" is a substance of...):

dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood

Synonyms:

Agathis australis; kauri; kaury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):

dammar pine; kauri pine (any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin)

Holonyms ("kauri" is a member of...):

Agathis; genus Agathis (kauri pine)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum

Synonyms:

kauri; kauri copal; kauri gum; kauri resin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("kauri" is a kind of...):

copal (a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes)

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